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A40 crash in Ealing on 5 March 2022 at 00:30 involving a Smart Fortwo

A Smart Fortwo and a Ford Transit Custom van were involved in a crash on the A40 in Ealing at 00:30 on Saturday 5 March 2022. The 43-year-old male driver of the Smart Fortwo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Mar 2022
Saturday, 00:30
Vehicles
2
Smart Fortwo and Ford Transit Custom
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52672, longitude -0.27875, in the W3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ealing. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Acton, Ealing, NW10 7PL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022010375836
Council area
Ealing
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Smart Fortwo

    Car

    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Custom

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Smart Fortwo)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2022010375836 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ealing road accident statistics for 2022.